Kevin Callan, Outdoor Author, to Visit Lanark Village

Apr 21, 2011

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Conservancy works with landowners wishing to protect their treasured bit of wilderness. Kevin Callan celebrates Ontario wilderness as a prolific author, an entertaining and informative speaker and an outdoor enthusiast who has been labelled the "Red Green” of the paddling and camping world. They are coming together in Lanark Village on Sunday, May 1st when the MMLTC and Nature Lover’s Bookshop will be hosting Kevin for an afternoon of laughter and enlightenment.

Kevin Callan is a well-travelled canoe guide, averaging over a dozen wilderness trips a year, a popular speaker and leader in nature, canoeing, and photography workshops. He is the author of thirteen books, including the hugely popular Paddler’s Guide series and the best-selling The Happy Camper. His writing and photography appears in Canadian Geographic and Ontario Nature and he is Field Editor for several magazines including Explore, Seasons, and Outdoor Canada. Callan hosts his own CBC Radio show coast to coast and is also a frequent guest on radio and television. He is a winner of four National Magazine Awards and four film awards including “best of” in the prestigious Waterwalker Film Festival. For the last 21 years he has taught Environmental Issues, Wilderness Ethics, and Wildlife Photography at Sir Sandford Fleming College and currently works with at-risk high school students in a program designed to introduce youth to college level courses in wilderness values and environmental leadership. He lives with his family in Peterborough, the birthplace of the modern day canoe. His presentation will also celebrate the release in April of his latest paddling book, Top Fifty Canoe Routes of Ontario. From cool camp gadgets to skinny dipping etiquette, Kevin will share his philosophical views on why we like to go outdoors and how to make it even more enjoyable. This is a show you won’t want to miss.

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Conservancy currently has an ambitious property acquisition program under which the organization, on behalf of the community, will ensure long term protection of ecologically significant local lands, the very wilderness that Callan celebrates.

Come to the Royal Canadian Legion in Lanark Village on Sunday, May 1st for a 2:00 p.m. presentation by this fun, informative and intrepid outdoorsman as he looks at why we love wilderness and how to get more enjoyment from this gift of nature. The $10 entrance fee will support the MMLTC 2011 Property Acquisition Program. The presentation will be followed by book signing and conversation over coffee and cake at Nature Lover’s Bookshop across the street.

More information on this event can be found at www.natureloversbookshop.ca, www.mmltc.ca or by calling (613) 259-5654.